lion around
in lilac-scented sunshine,
a yellow mellow
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Cherry Blossom Wind
A day of cherry blossoms
hanging fragile in spring sunshine, Continue reading
A Tulip of Thanks
tulips tremble
with thanks for every raindrop, Continue reading
Spring Blue
the first bumblebee
an envoy from under stone,
sun salutation
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A Book by the Brook — William Carlos Williams
Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
So much depends on the poetry of William Carlos Williams. Without his poetry, how many American poets would still use the formal language of Whitman? Continue reading
#PoetryFriday — Starry, Starry Spring
Salt Marsh Ditty
Snail sets sail
on cordgrass stalk.
Gulls squawk.
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Let Me
Let me be the shadow
under your bloom,
the stone that
lifts you,
the lichen that
breaks rock to soil. Continue reading
Words Keep Me
implacable rain
drenches skin, soil and stem but
my words keep me dry
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A Book by the Brook — Meet My Family!
Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
Meet my Family! has adorable baby animals comparing notes on families. A raccoon kit grows up with a single-mom but a titi monkey hangs out with his dad. Swans have both parents and sea turtles have none. Laysan albatross chicks have two moms and chinstrap penguin chicks have two dads. Any kind of family unit you can imagine is normal to someone. Laura Purdie Salas wrote each animal baby a poem, and Stephanie Fizer Coleman brought them to life with her art. Continue reading
By the Brambles
Groundhogs amble past brambles.
Winter torpor adds a weighty waddle
to their dandelion waltz. Continue reading
A Book by the Brook — Don’t Ask a Dinosaur
Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
This light romp from Deborah Bruss and Matt Forest Esenwine has loads of laughs as dinos try wrapping presents and baking cakes in Don’t Ask a Dinosaur. The text has loads of those tough dino names, all with dots to separate the syllables into pronounceable snack-sizes. And it scans smoothly and rhymes! I know, I couldn’t believe it either. Plus, Louie Chin did a wonderful job bringing the dinos to vivid but not-too-scary life. Continue reading
